Christy Dignam is the lead singer of the popular Irish rock band Aslan.
His career of over twenty-five years has been characterised by numerous successes on the Irish charts as well as recurring problems with drug addiction and recovery.
Documentary about late Aslan frontman gives an insight into the Dublin artist who experienced harrowing sexual abuse, drug addiction and cancer, but battled right until the end against the odds.
Documentary detailing legendary Irish rock band Aslan's rise to stardom
Aslan, who took their name from the heroic lion in C.S. Lewis's series of books chronicling the fictional land of Narnia, (Aslan is the Turkish for 'Lion'), emerged from the working class areas of Finglas and Ballymun in Dublin's Northside, in the mid 1980s. They released a demo single, 'This Is', in the Spring of 1986, which was a huge hit and became the longest ever play-listed single on Ireland's pop radio station, RTÉ 2fm.